Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumVoters wait for hours in Elizabeth Warren's 'selfie' line. Is her strategy working?
...From start to finish, the "selfie line" took four hours. A few days earlier at her second-largest event -- a 12,000-person rally in St. Paul, Minnesota -- the "selfie line," misnamed because Warren staffers take the photos, took two hours and 20 minutes. A few days before that, a line after Warren's town hall in Los Angeles took three hours.
...Asked whether increasing crowd sizes might force changes to the "selfie line" strategy, a spokesperson for the Warren campaign declined to comment. For now, the candidate is staying committed to the time-consuming process, which she's told her staff and reporters that she finds "energizing."
...Wall, who described most Democrats as really, really afraid to question Israel, said he asked Warren if she planned to be as tough on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neyanyahu in pressuring him to treat Palestinians like human beings as she is day-to-day in her criticism of President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Her exact words, she said: 'Oh, god, yes. So, I was glad to get that answer from her, Wall said afterward. And it really was just awesome getting to meet her.
...As he waited, a campaign volunteer on a microphone announced Warren had just hit her 50,000th photo of the campaign. For Wall, that showed a level of transparency. She's not afraid to get out there and defend what she believes," he said, "and I think her supporters feel like they have a voice.
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primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
turbinetree
(25,195 posts)She's not afraid to get out there and defend what she believes," he said, "and I think her supporters feel like they have a voice.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LincolnRossiter
(560 posts)And 2 hrs 20 minutes straight taking photos after already doing an event.
Damn. I dont have that kind of endurance and Im in my 30s.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
MineralMan
(147,299 posts)shares it on all social media venues that person uses. There, it will be seen by everyone who follows that person on that venue.
The multiplication effect of that social media exposure is huge.
It's a simple, if time-consuming, thing to do, and Warren is very, very smart to use it. A photo posted by a person that is like that is seen as an endorsement by that person. It really can influence how people who see it will vote, because it gives Warren a boost for everyone who respects the other person in the photo.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)...since she's not running off to meet with someone else.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
CTyankee
(64,784 posts)sense. I think it is genuine -- it backfires if it is faked. It establishes an immediate connection with the person she's interacting with.
It can't hurt...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)...checking to make sure they're registered to vote.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TomCADem
(17,706 posts)One think I like about Warren is that she is what she is. Happily wonky, if not nerdy at times, who eagerly wants to get her message across. It is easy to forget, but before she was a senator, she was a policy wonk on bankruptcy who was moved to write a bestselling book that really described the dilemma of the modern American middle class family.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
comradebillyboy
(10,417 posts)It's easy to see why her standing is continuing to improve.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)I am seeing a lot of them among friends. I think it's going to pay off if it convinces even a small number of people to pay attention to her campaign. It's a lot of exposure for a small investment.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided